FRYEBURG — The Met Opera Live in HD series will present “Tosca” at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27. Rivaling the splendor of Franco Zeffirelli’s set and costumes of the Napoleonic era, Sir David McVicar’s new production features a cast led by soprano Sonya Yoncheva in the title […]
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Compassion goes beyond Maine borders for Fryeburg Academy students
FRYEBURG — Nine Fryeburg Academy clubs joined forces for two weeks in October to raise post-hurricane relief funds for Puerto Rico. At the academy’s weekly all-school meeting on Oct. 3, faculty advisors and student leaders of the participating groups publicized the island’s plight and invited all present to make donations in any amount, noting that […]
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Local roundup: Waterville ends football slide with win over Mt. Blue
WATERVILLE — Jack Thompson ran for two touchdowns to lead Waterville to a 21-7 victory over Mt. Blue in Class B crossover football action Saturday. The win was the first for the Purple Panthers since the 2015 season. Mt. Blue’s Abram Meader ran for a touchdown and gained 84 yards on 20 carries in the […]
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Fryeburg Academy students achieve AP Scholar status
FRYEBURG — The College Board has conferred AP Scholar Awards on 32 Fryeburg Academy students this year, recognizing college-level achievement on AP examinations for 22 students designated as AP Scholars, four further as AP Scholars with Honor, and six as AP Scholars with Distinction. “Success” on an AP Exam is defined as a score of […]
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Class B softball: Old Town, behind 19 Ks from McKenna Smith, stop Fryeburg
STANDISH — McKenna Smith didn’t allow herself to think about how she was pitching for seven innings. According to Old Town’s team rule, she’s only allowed to think about each out, hit, or otherwise for just seven seconds. She’ll have plenty of time to think about her pitching performance now. In what might be an […]
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H.S. Softball: Buzzell, Cooper, Bennett the backbone for Fryeburg Academy
FRYEBURG — Growing up, Mackenzie Buzzell remembers watching Fryeburg Academy win three softball state championships in four years, and she wanted to win one herself one day.. Now after going the first three years of her high school career without making a state final, let alone winning one, Buzzell is part of a trio of […]
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H.S. Softball: Fryeburg rallies past Wells in seventh for Class B South title
STANDISH — Fryeburg Academy softball coach Fred Apt told his team on the drive to Tuesday’s Class B South regional final against Wells that they hadn’t made things easy all year — neither for themselves nor their opponents. The game that followed was anything but easy, but for the Raiders, it was a win nonetheless. […]
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Poland Spring donates gravity-fed irrigation system to Fryeburg Academy
FRYEBURG — Fryeburg Academy has announced the recent installation of a gravity-fed irrigation system, donated by Poland Spring. On May 24, Poland Spring Natural Resource Manager Mark Dubois, along with his team, Mark Laplante, Ed Luetje and Poland Spring summer intern Mary Everette, were on-hand to speak with students about the art of well drilling. […]
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Sakash named Educator of Year
FRYEBURG — Fryeburg Academy announces that Music Director Mike Sakash was presented with the Maine Music Educator of the Year Award by the Maine Music Education Association on Thursday, May 11. The award was presented by Sue Barre, the president of MMEA, during the academy’s annual spring concert. The Maine Music Educator of the Year […]
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Fryeburg Academy announces National Honor Society inductees
FRYEBURG — Fryeburg Academy inducted 36 new members to the B.W. Tinker Chapter of the National Honor Society on March 14. The B.W. Tinker Chapter works diligently to bring the accomplishments of outstanding students to the attention of parents, teachers, peers and the community. The chapter, along with the more than 15,000 chapters in schools […]